Is song a superstimulus for language learning? An interventional study

歌曲是语言学习的超级刺激吗？

• 批准号: 2443599
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Goldsmiths University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2443599
• 关键词: song; superstimulus; language; learning; interventional

The importance of providing infants with a rich language environment within the family home is well known. Studies on shared book reading, and those using LENA technology reveal a clear relationship between the amount and quality of language that the infant hears, and their subsequent competencies in understanding and forming speech sounds. However, increasing the amount of spontaneous verbal interaction that occurs within parent-infant dyads is challenging. A promising route to increasing an infants exposure to language is through infant-directed singing. Language embedded within song is attentionally engaging and, we propose that if parents are supported to increase the amount of song singing they do with their infants at home, we will see significant improvement in language outcomes, measured longitudinally. Partnering with the award-winning Baby College Ltd, we will work towards a single blind randomized control trial to determine whether a programme of regular weekly classes for parent/infant dyads, tailored towards building awareness of the importance of singing for language development, as well as increasing parents' confidence and building their repertoire of songs to use in everyday life will result in significantly improved language comprehension relative to a group of dyads who will be randomly allocated to engage in a similar programme of classes focussing on physical play.

在家庭中为婴儿提供丰富的语言环境的重要性是众所周知的。对共享书籍阅读和使用LENA技术的研究揭示了婴儿听到的语言的数量和质量与他们随后理解和形成语音的能力之间的明确关系。然而，增加发生在父母-婴儿二人组中的自发言语互动的数量是具有挑战性的。增加婴儿接触语言的一个有希望的途径是通过婴儿指导的唱歌。歌曲中嵌入的语言是注意力吸引人的，我们建议，如果父母支持增加他们在家里与婴儿一起唱歌的数量，我们将看到语言结果的显著改善，纵向测量。与屡获殊荣的婴儿学院有限公司合作，我们将致力于一项单盲随机对照试验，以确定是否有一个每周定期为父母/婴儿配对课程的计划，为建立对唱歌对语言发展的重要性的认识而量身定制，以及增加父母的信心和建立他们在日常生活中使用的歌曲曲目将导致显着提高语言理解相对分配给一组二人组，他们将被随机分配参加类似的以身体游戏为重点的课程计划。